I sent you a connection request but you can also grab a time by clicking on my website link in my signature line.

I sent you a message, I've seen this before plenty of times and am able to help you with exploring your options.

If you're considering private funding or investor partnerships, now’s a good time to explore those.

I would not renew their lease then find someone who can pay their rent on time and will obey your rules.  

Did your discount make it worth your time to buy it anyways? 

With one duplex you should be focused on selling 99.9% of the time and .1% on the duplex.

@Bradley Buxton makes a very good point to make sure to do your due diligence as you won't be an owner occupant like your in-laws.Last bit of advice: Because this is a friendly deal, you want to take your time to make sure you structure it in a way that maximizes tax and cashflow benefits for both parties. 

I don't have any real world experience at this time so I won't pretend to know, but I will be following and learning along with you. 

And the second was that it was in a flood zone with the listing agent and seller saying it had never flooded but we were able to get confirmation that it had taken on water at least 3 times in the past year and the insurance agent for the property stated that with the flood insurance the premium would be close to $11,000 annually which meant the list price had to drop from $339,000 to less than $239,000 to make anything work.

We’ve got one big player that probably has at least 600 units with their own rental office and full time maintenance crew.